Apparatus for measuring or determining the viscosity of paper-stuff in the beating-machine.



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APPARATUS FOR MEASURING 0R DETERMINING THE VISCOSITY PAPER STUFF IN THE BEATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILED SEPT. 22, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1913. 1,125,0170

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-Patented Jail. 12,1915;

Application filed September 22, 1913. Serial No. 790,993.

Paper Stuff in the. 'Beating- Machine, of j which the following is a specification.

, The-invention relates to apparatus for measuring, indicating and making a record v of the variations in the physical properties of the paper stufl" during thebeating operation by whichthe surface friction against solid bodies and internal friction, or viscosity, may be definitely determined in relation to a given standard. By measuring and indicating the variations in these physi-.

cal properties during the process of beating, the extent of treatment the stuff has undergone may be very accurately judged, and by so blendin the various ingredients of the paper stu as to bring these physical prop erties to definite values at the beginnin of the operation of each run, the density 0 the stuff (that is, the required proportion of solid matter to water) may be regulated ac-. cording to a predetermined standard. 'The improved apparatus employed for this purpose comprises an object of desired form, preferably a prolate-spheroid with projecting polar spurs, or it ma be more familiarly termed approximately emon shaped, submerged in the stuff having a normally unobstructed flow in the tub, which is open to atmospheric"pre'ssureand this object or drag being held against lateral displaces ment but adapted to be'moved longitudinally of the tub through the friction of the stuff as it continuously flows past under the influence of a constant propelling mechanism operating at constant speed. The-resistance of this object, or drag, to the passage of the stuff, depends upon the two physical factors named, that is, surface and internalfriction. of the stufit, and the total resistance is measured by a suitable system of lever connections between the drag supporting rod and an indicator on a scale, and the variations in such resistance, which corres ond with the variations in the density an fluidity of the stuff, are recorded by means of connection between said lever system and an automatically operated recorda devie'ei By varying the shape of the su merged drag, GIthBPOf the elements of resistance may beaceentuated above the other, and thus it may be'made to measure to the greaterdegree whicheverof-the elements' vanes the, most under given"' .conditlons. .1 It is found that the lemon-shaped drag tends to emphasize the viscosity as the chief factor in the force exerted by the stuff upon the drag. Q

In thedrawings forming a part of this spec1tication,Figure 1 is "a front elevation of the measuring and recording apparatus,

the rod to which the drag is attached being shown broken; Fig. 2 is a sectional view 01' the supporting sleeve, secured to the drag rod, on line 3-3, Fig. -1; Fig. 3 is an elevanonof the apparatus shown in Fig. 1

4 is a plan ofthe beater tub showing the position of the drag and of the shaft which supports the measuring and recording apparatus in relation to the tub "and Fig. 5 jibsaizartical section of thetub on line 5-5,

Referring to the drawings by indicating characters,-1 is;a lemon-shaped bulb or 'drag submerged in the stuff tub T of the heater.

2 is the supporting rod for the drag which passes up through a'sleeve 3 vertically adjustable thereon, and sup orted in journals 4 earned by arm 5 of the supporting frame 6. 'This frame and the whole ap- 'viewed from the right of that figure; Fig.

ger 8 is pivoted at 9 upon an arm 10 proje'cting upward from the frame 6, and a link 11 is pivoted at one end to the indieating finger 8 above its pivotal point 9, and at its other end the link-is pivoted at 12 to the sleeve 3, so that as the rod 2-and sleeve 3 are tilted upon the journal 4, the indicating finger 8 will be caused to swing up and down upon its pivot 9, the point of the finger swinging over the scale S, graduated in suitable units.

35 that end swings to the right, Fig. 1.

13 is an' upwardly projecting arm of the supporting frame, and between its' upper end and aholding sleeve 14:, which is secured to the rod 2, is a cylindrical casing 15, containing a coiled spring 16. A piston rod 17 within the cylinder extends outward and is pivoted at 18 to the sleeve 14.- To the inner end of the piston rod 17 a piston 19 is attached, and the corresponding end of the cylinder 15 is pivotally connected by a screw-threaded rod 20 to the upper end of the arm 13, and-maybe adjusted longitudi nally by means of nuts 21 upon either side of the arm 13, and vertically in a slot 29 in the upper end of that 3.1?1, Fig. 4. Sleeve 14 is also adjustable vertically on rod 2 to correspond with this vertical adjustment in slot 29. The object of these two adjustments, afiecting the elevation of the casing 15 with its spring 16 above the journal 4, is

to compensate for errors in the stifiness of the spring 16, so as to obtain comparable re-' sults from different instruments. A stiff spring should be placed below the normal the adjustment of the nut 22 on the rod 17, and the nuts 21 on the rod 20, the several parts can be regulated so that the finger 8 will stop at the extreme'limits of the scale S, which indicates the maximum movement of the drag 1 caused by the friction of the paper-stuff as it flows past the drag within the tub T.

In the drawing the rod 2 is shown in a vertical position which indicates the mean reading on the scale corresponding to such vertical position, which is due to the ecccn tric position of the journal 4: in relation to the rod. The center of the three pivotal points 4, 12 and 18 are in the same vertical line. Upon'the pivot 9 is secured a crankarm 23 to which is pivoted one end of a connecting rod 24, the other end of which rod is pivoted to a second crank-arm 25, and this arm 25 is rigidly attached to a recording mega it arm 26, the penorfencil of which is ada ted to hear u on an leave its mark upon t e graduated 'al 27 as it is rotated by the usual clock-work provided in such apparatus.

In Figs. 4 and 5, B is the beater roll which by its operation of beating the material causes the pa er-stufi to continuously flow around the midfeather M in the direction indicated by the arrows, due to the angle at which the partition orback fall P is placed in relation to the beater lllhe drag 1 may be swun upward out of the tub'll, upon the shaft or otherwise raised, while the tub is being emptied and a new charge put in.

I claim 1. In an apparatus fordetermining the density and fluidity of paper-stufi during the beating operation, a beater tub openvto atmospheric pressure, a beater which causes producing a continuous flow of'the 'fiuid through the tub, a drag, immersedin'this otherwise unobstructed normally flowing stream, andcapable of limited movement parallel with and caused by the flow of the fluid, means which tend to return the drag to its normal position and an indicator connected with the drag-support to indicate the fluidity of the paper-stufi' by the relative amount of movement of the drag'produced by the friction thereon of the paper-stufi as it flows through the tub.

2. In an apparatus for determining the a substantially uniform propelling action density and fluidity 'of paper-stufi during the beating operation and recording the variations in its viscosity, an approximately lemon-shaped body suspended in the paperstufi, and capable only of movement in a plane parallel with the flow of the stud, a

device connected with and operated by the suspended body to indicate its ,movements, and a recording finger operated by the movement of sai body, synchronously with said indicating device, to record the-variations of movements of said body, and an automatically operated surface to receive the record.

Signed by me at Cumberland Mills, Maine, this fifteenth day of September,

I ARTHUR B. GREEN. Witnesses: '1

Joserm A. WARREN, J. E. Wren. 

